2023 Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 110,226 teacher education grade specific students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for grade specific ed students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.
ASU - Skysong graduate students pay an average of $9,982 in tuition and fees each year.
ASU - Skysong did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. ENMU - Main Campus is a small public school located in the town of Portales.
ENMU - Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $7,110 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 a year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New Mexico Highlands University is a great value for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. New Mexico Highlands University is a small public school located in the remote town of Las Vegas.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at New Mexico Highlands University are $11,154 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value teacher education grade specific schools in the Southwest Region . OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.
OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teacher education grade specific students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. UCO is a large public school located in the suburb of Edmond.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCO are $18,116 a year.
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With a ranking of #7, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 a year.
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University of Phoenix - Arizona came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UOPX - Arizona also did well on our Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #9, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teacher education grade specific students working on their graduate certificate. New Mexico Tech is a small public school located in the town of Socorro.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at New Mexico Tech are $25,665 per year.
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University of Arizona landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate teacher education grade specific programs. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 a year.
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Request InformationBest Teacher Education Grade Specific Colleges by State
Explore the best teacher education grade specific schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 4,681 |
| Arizona | 6,189 |
| Oklahoma | 1,268 |
| New Mexico | 782 |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific Related Majors for Grade Specific Ed
Teacher Education Grade Specific is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 46,469 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
| Special Education | 36,792 |
| General Education | 29,810 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 11 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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